Alumni

Tamami Kawamura graduated in May 2005, a World Religions major with a minor in Psychology and a concentration in Political Science.  She will be pursuing a Masters of Arts in Religion at the Yale Divinity School in Fall 2005.

Shisir Khanal graduated December, 2002 with a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy.  After receiving his Masters in International Public Affairs at the La Follette School of Public Affairs in the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Shisir Khanal recently acquired a position in Sarvodaya USA.  Sarvodaya USA supports Sarvodaya, the largest non-profit grass-root development organization in Sri Lanka. The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka is a community-building movement based on Buddhist principles of sharing and service.

One of the university's best known and most successful graduates, Frederick A. DeLuca, who founded the Subway restaurants, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters.

It was very special to receive this honor, DeLuca said, in that his mother, Carmella, had always wanted him to become a doctor. When he received his degree, he looked up at her in her seat and said, "Mom, I finally got it."

Jerry Penacoli, a 1978 summa cum laude graduate of UB who was graduation speaker that year as senior class president, was UB graduation speaker again, addressing the more than 1,200 graduates in the Class of 2003 in ceremonies in the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport.

Penacoli, a Dana Scholar and class president in three of his four years at UB, began his television career as a student intern at NewsCenter 4 in New York and Channel 8 in New Haven, then moved on to television news anchor and show host roles in Jacksonville, Fla., Miami, Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles. He stepped beyond his “day job” in news in recent years to pursue another dream, that of being an actor. He has appeared in many movies, in TV series such as “The Practice” and “The District,” and is a regular on the soap opera, “Days of Our Lives.”

2001

Minori Oshika graduated May, 2001 as an International Political Economy & Diplomacy major. Currently a graduate student at Fordham University, is part of the International Political Economy and Development Graduate Program.

Miroslava Borissova graduated May, 2001 with a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. She is currently attending the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs and is a Ph. D. candidate.

Nataliya Tcherneva graduated May, 2001 with a degree in Social Science. She is a graduate student in Counseling and Human Resources at the University of Bridgeport.

Tsurue Nakano graduated May, 2001 obtaining a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. She is currently attending Fordham University as a graduate student.


2000

Alejandro Gonzalez graduated December, 2000 with a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. He is currently a trader in UBS-Warburg.

Ashok Regmi graduated May, 2000 with a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. He works as a Program Manager at the International Youth Foundation.


1998

Zhengfan Sun graduated May, 1998 with a degree in Social Science. Currently holding a position at the United Nations as Accountant in the UN Office of Programme Planning, Budget, and Accounts.